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Membership to KYVL – Why bother?

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

You must be a KYVL member to access the KYVL research databases.  For these subscriptions, the Council on Postsecondary Education [KYVL’s parent agency] and the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives (KDLA) subsidize your library’s access with over $1 million in contributions. Participating libraries also receive discounts on other products from the KYVL vendors on master agreement such as EBSCO, Proquest, etc. because of the contracts or due to our purchase of basic packages.  Participation in KYVL provides you a core collection of resources at a very low cost compared to the vendor retail costs.  Due the state subsidy from KYVL and KDLA, and the KYVL-negotiated statewide contracts, the return on investment is equal to over $10 per every $1 of a library’s membership fee.   KYVL resources are licensed for KYVL members only.

Individual districts and libraries would spend far more subscribing to these resources independently — over $20 million retail annually. The ability to negotiate state-wide access results in substantial savings for our state and ensures equal access to information for all Kentuckians.  Each district, each public library or college that chooses to opt out of KYVL will impact the cost for everyone.  Full participation from the school districts, public libraries and universities lowers the costs to each member — the more participation, the greater the distribution of costs.  Public libraries in many counties are already struggling and may not have adequate hours, technology, or staffing to handle higher costs for online resources and delivery of interlibrary loan materials.  Without an active subscription to KYVL,  a library will not be licensed to supply KYVL credentials to its users.

KYVL provides a courier service to move interlibrary loan and course materials between 405  stops each week at the public libraries, community & technical colleges, and public universities. KYVL provides this service at no cost. If you are not a KYVL member, courier service cannot be purchased.  You must be a KYVL member to participate in the ground courier service.  Your library may not be a lender but consider the mailing costs of returning the items borrowed for your patrons.

Information on can be found on the KYVL Advocacy page.  http://www.kyvl.org/advocate.shtm

About the funding model – http://www.kyvl.org/docs/FundingPPT.pdf

Who is participating?  Check the Advocacy page – we track our members.

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Strategic Planning update

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

KYVL’s Strategic Planning Steering Team continues to work on the 2010-2013 strategic plan by seeking representation from KYVL participants on the new teams formed for oversight,  leadership, and funding formula.   The Steering Team recently released the Fiscal Year 2011-12 assessments for members and KYVL is collecting signed letters of intent.

Timeline, as defined February 2011 —

2011-2012 KYVL Assessments:

  • Timeline
    • April 1 – letter to member libraries indicating estimated 2011-2012 assessment, including request for letter of intent
    • June 1 – letters of intent due to KYVL
    • July 15 – secure information about agency contributions (CPE, KDLA)
    • August 1 – final bill sent to libraries
  • Considerations
    • Determine database costs (per contracts; cost may be lower)
    • Agency contributions (CPE, KYVL)
    • Loss of $100,000 contribution from KDE

Next Steps for KYVL Strategic Planning Steering Team:

  • March 15
    • Contact appropriate groups regarding representative on KYVL Alliance and KYVL Leadership Team
  • May 1
    • Details for reorganization determined
    • Formulate Marketing/PR and Training groups
    • Formulate Funding group to begin work on 2012-13 assessment
  • July 1
    • Implement new organizational structure
    • Dissolve Strategic Planning Steering Team

If you have any questions about the process, you can contact Enid Wohlstein, the KYVL Director, or Sheree H. Williams, the Steering Team Chair.

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New Website for Ky Dept for Libraries & Archives

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

Our friends at KDLA [the state library/archives] have announced a new website.  Per our colleague Nancy Houseal, State Library Services, in an email today:

“Have you seen it? KDLA’s new website (http://kdla.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx) was launched on March 15. It has a fresh look and was designed with you in mind! When entering the new site, look for the Librarians tab at the top left to find all information relative to you.

KDLA’s web address has changed slightly and many of your old bookmarks will no longer link to your favorite KDLA web pages.  Here is a handy list that will help you locate the State Library’s programming materials and resources:

Kit Request Form: http://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/askalibrarian/Pages/KitRequest.aspx

Ask a Librarian: http://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/askalibrarian/Pages/InformationRequest.aspx

Book Discussion Kits (all types): http://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/programs/Pages/BookKits.aspx

Thematic Kits (all types): http://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/programs/Pages/ThematicKits.aspx

Circulating Audiobook Collection: http://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/programs/Pages/CirculatingCollections.aspx

Circulating Large Type Collection: http://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/programs/Pages/CirculatingCollections.aspx

Can’t find what you need on the new website or want to make a comment (good or bad) about the website? Please contact the Reference desk at (800)-928-7000, ext. 342.”

KDLA is a major financial supporter of the KYVL licensed research databases and a very good friend partner in resource sharing and other initiatives.  You can access the services of KDLA as a state employee or as a citizen of Kentucky.  If you are a university, public library patron or other, you have resources available to you as well, including using interlibrary loan to borrow materials at the state library.  We could go on and on regarding what KDLA offers you but see for yourself.

Visit ttp://kdla.ky.gov !

Happy Spring!

Your friendly KYVL Director,
Enid

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Good news for McLean County and all of Kentucky: Every county will be served!

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

Our Commissioner of Libraries, Wayne Onkst, sent this around to friends of Kentucky libraries on 9 November and with his permission, I am re-posting here to the KYVL blog:

Nikole Wolfe has informed me that the McLean County Fiscal Court voted unanimously earlier today to enter into an agreement with KDLA to establish the McLean County Public Library.  We expect to sign the agreement soon so the County Judge can appoint a board of trustees.  Thanks so much to Nikole and Susan Dunman who have worked with library supporters and county officials for a long time to make this possible. The library that has been operated mainly by volunteers with some support by the city of Livermore for about 60 years will be transferred to the new library board and will become the county’s library.  The library will be funded primarily with a federal grant obtained by Congressman Whitfield for the next 2 years after which long term funding must be obtained.  So the vote today by the Fiscal Court is the beginning of what will certainly be a long process to make the library permanent.

Nevertheless, this is a major milestone for Kentucky and for our libraries.  With the new libraries in Carter County and McLean County, for the first time public library service will be available in every county.  Free public library service for every resident of Kentucky has been a dream of many for a long time.  There are so many people who have worked so hard to establish and build the public library service we enjoy.  Many receiving this message deserve a share of the credit and I’m sure we all know of others in our communities who have worked and sacrificed much for their libraries.

We have a lot of work to do to make certain this new service continues and to guarantee quality service across Kentucky, but I think today it is appropriate that we all celebrate the hard work that has been accomplished in each of our counties to make this day possible.

Wayne

Wayne Onkst
State Librarian & Commissioner
Kentucky Dept. for Libraries and Archives
P. O. Box 537
Frankfort, Ky.  40602-0537
502-564-8300 x312

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Kentucky Adopts Lexile Framework for Reading

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

The Kentucky Department of Education has announced a partnership with MetaMetrics and the adoption of the Lexile® Framework for Reading and the Quantile® Framework for Mathematics.

Did you know that many of the digital resources provided through Kentucky Virtual Library (www.kyvl.org) contain the Lexile measure?  Lexile levels are provided for books profiled in Novelist, as well as magazines and journals available from EBSCO.  EBSCO’s Student Research Center, Kids Search and Searchasaurus interfaces for the K12 students have Lexile available as all searchable by Lexile reading level.  The Grolier Online encyclopedias also offer Lexile levels as a search option, and the reading level is listed for each article .

For details on the Kentucky agreement with  MetaMetrics® see the news release  “LEXILE AND QUANTILE MEASURES TO BE AVAILABLE” for details.

For questions about the resources from Kentucky Virtual Library, use the Contact link on our main page.

Thank you!

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Deadline is here to opt-in for Fiscal Year 2010-11

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

The letter of intent for participating in KYVL for this fiscal year is due today, 29 October. We have been emailing about the new funding model for several weeks and the process is coming to a close.  If you have not received an email from us about the new funding model and the fee change for your library, please get in touch so we can resend it immediately.  If you cannot meet the deadline, please let us know – we will be happy to work with you.

For the first time, public school districts are asked to cover their own participation fee.  Any questions about this, the history or funding formula, and the estimated assessed fee, email us.

You must be a KYVL member to participate in the ground courier service for inter-library loan and delivery of course materials.  For the public libraries, community & technical colleges, and public universities, KYVL provides this service to your library at no cost. If your library is not a Kentucky Virtual Library member, courier service cannot be purchased. Without a signed letter of intent for your library, your courier service will be discontinued at the end of December. Your library may not be a lender but consider the mailing costs of returning the items borrowed for your patrons. Also consider you may have to pay to have items shipped from the lending library.

You must be a KYVL member to access the KYVL research databases.  For these subscriptions, state agencies subsidize your access with over $1 million in contributions.  Participating libraries also receive discounts on other products from the KYVL vendors on master agreement such as EBSCO, Proquest, etc. because of the contracts or because of our purchase of basic resources.  Participation in KYVL provides you a core collection of resources at a very low cost compared to the vendor retail costs.  KYVL resources are licensed for KYVL members only. Without the signed letter of intent, in mid-November we will begin the process of suspending logins and finally blocking IPs of non-members by 17 December.

Information on the process, including the presentations from last week, can be found on the KYVL Advocacy page.  http://www.kyvl.org/advocate.shtm

About the funding model – http://www.kyvl.org/docs/FundingPPT.pdf

Who is participating?  Check the Advocacy page – we are tracking who has returned their district or library’s letter of intent.

More detail on the history and formula for the model has been provided to the school district leadership and directors or deans at member libraries in previous communications.  If you have any questions, please contact us.  Again, if you need your letter sent to you or your director or dean again, contact us.

We appreciate your continued support. Thanks to all who have already sent in your Letters of Intent!

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Virtual Libraries in the South – webinar for P20

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

The webinar has been archived at:

https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2010-10-27.0831.M.F416DE271D904B3481688D10A681B4.vcr&sid=849

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Good morning!

Tomorrow, 27 October at 11am Eastern time, the SREB (Southern Region Education Board) is hosting a webinar entitled:  ”Virtual Libraries Can Save Your Job, School and Sanity!”   Please consider joining us as experts from multiple Southern states share the commonalities in K-20 virtual library offerings and partnerships.

The webinar will address: Access, Interfaces, Journals and Magazines, Licensed Digital Content, Primary Resources, Resources for Research

Presenters:
Denise Oliver, Alabama Virtual Library
Merryll Penson, GALILEO
Enid Wohlstein, Kentucky Virtual Library

KYVL, the Kentuckiana Digital Library and Kyleidoscope will be included in the webinar, along with our colleagues in parallel projects in Alabama, North Carolina and Georgia.

The webinar has been promoted to K12 specifically in the SREB states but anyone with an interest in digital libraries, virtual libraries, the similarities and differences between our states and the benefits of these collaborative initiatives would benefit.

The webinar is open to anyone.

Hope you are enjoying the beautiful autumn weather.

Thank you,
Enid – KYVL Director

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Announcing the winners of the 7th Annual “Create a KYVL Video” contest!!

Friday, May 14th, 2010

We are pleased to announce this year’s winners.  Awards were distributed during the awards ceremony on May 11th at the STLP State Championship.

Thank you to all the teams and schools who submitted entries.  Every year, the judges say how difficult it is to make selections.  Congrats to everyone who submitted!

The winners are…

Elementary Division

1st place winner
North Warren Elementary School

2nd place winner
Cumberland Trace Elementary School

3rd place winner
Erpenbeck Elementary School

Middle School Division

1st place winner
R.A. Jones Middle School, Team 3 (Alley Poe)

2nd place winner
Drakes Creek Middle School, Team 5 (Kaitilin Wheeler)

3rd place winner
Drakes Creek Middle School, Team 4 (Kellie Douglas and Trevor Martin)

High School Division

1st place winner
Greenwood High School, Team 1 (Meghan Wilson and Lindsey Pillow)

CONGRATULATIONS ALL!  Good luck next year.

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Invitation to a survey on KY Public Broadband

Friday, March 19th, 2010

I am sharing this invitation on behalf of my colleague [and long-time  friend] Phil Baughn, now CIO for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.  Please help COT and its many partners, including the Ky Dept for Libraries and Archives and so many public libraries, community colleges, the Council on Postsecondary Education, the universities and others as they seek to bring and/or improve access to high-speed Internet all over Kentucky.   Please share the link everywhere you can — coworkers, patrons, family and friends.   Thank you, Enid

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The Kentucky Commonwealth Office of Technology (COT) invites you to participate in an important survey on Home Broadband Internet Availability. Through Kentucky at Work, the Commonwealth is implementing various programs funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). ARRA will provide a much-needed, one-time infusion of dollars to promote quality of life through investments in education, health care and public safety; and to make strategic investments now to position Kentucky for the future[1].

An important element of the program is to ensure that high-speed Internet (broadband) is available to many communities where such service has been lacking. Investment toward establishing affordable broadband services is important for the long-term well being of both households and businesses in our state.

As a first step towards increasing availability of broadband services across the state, we are requesting your input to identify broadband service availability. A survey to gather your input is available online and typically requires 5 minutes to complete.

Access the Broadband Availability Survey.

We thank you for your participation in this important activity that will have long term benefits for our Commonwealth.

Best regards,

Phil Baughn, Chief Information Officer
Commonwealth of Kentucky

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10 Years of KYVL – Did you know…?

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

From 1999 to 2009, KYVL has served the Commonwealth through the public universities, community & technical college system, public libraries, public schools, state agencies like Ky Dept for Libraries and Archives, hospitals and other special libraries and many independent and private schools and colleges.

In honor of those 10 years, we are nearly complete with our reVisioning@10 Years Strategic Planning initiative.  We have new goals & objectives as well as a new vision, mission and core values.  The new plan will cover our operational and strategic agenda for the next three years, 2010-2013.

Take a look at KYVL successes these last 10 years!

10 Years of Service:

  • Since its inception in November 1999, KYVL’s database collection has supported over 125 million searches.
  • Our ground courier service has delivered a total of 741,970 containers and 1,153,056 items.
  • KYVL’s Voyager Consortium (integrated library system) serves 19 institutions that collectively house over 7 million individual items.
  • The Kentuckiana Digital Library has digitized historic material representing 18 Kentucky archives, including 1,000 books, over 80,000 digital photographs, 200,000 pages from Kentucky Newspapers, and 100,000 pages from the historic Daily Racing Form.

10 Years of Support:

  • KYVL has provided countless training and continuing education opportunities for P-20 educators and librarians throughout the state.
  • KYVL coordinates courier service for 445 “stops” at 183 libraries. KYVL provides this service at no cost for 171 libraries, thus allowing lab kits, books, videos, and more to be moved between libraries.
  • Over ten years, KYVL has supported the Voyager Consortium with over $4.5 million in software, hardware, data migration, training and hosting costs.

10 Years of Savings:

  • If KYVL members individually purchased the same databases offered by KYVL, they would have paid an additional $150 million in retail costs over the last 10 years.
  • Over the last decade, the KYVL Courier service has saved Kentucky libraries a minimum of $6 million dollars – the combined cost of shipping all those items at normal rates.
  • The Kentuckiana Digital Library has cultivated over 1.5 million dollars in national grant funding.
  • Members of KYVL Voyager Consortium have enjoyed a 75% discount off the retail costs of software implementation, compared to costs associated with individual purchasing.

KYVL & Public Postsecondary

  • For every dollar the public KY university libraries contribute to KYVL, they get back about $10 in resources.
  • Our 8 public KY universities would pay $1.9 million to independently acquire the same 25 licensed databases provided via Kentucky Virtual Library.
  • In FY08-09, public KY universities logged 8.9 million searches—that is less than 2 cents per search.
  • KCTCS would pay $1.6 million retail if each college library independently purchased the research databases.
  • In FY08-09, KCTCS users logged 2 million searches.
  • KCTCS is paying less than 2 cents for each search made in the KYVL resources.

Kentucky Virtual Library is a success through the support of all our partner members, planning and working together, purchasing collaboratively and applying for funding collectively.   Thank you to all the KYVL members!

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